Courtney leans into Andrea, buries her face in Andrea’s…

“Odd, how in the afterglow of someone else’s life, your own looks so much brighter.”

— Ellyn Bache

“If you believe in forever, then life is just a one-night stand.”

— Ellyn Bache

“Everybody’s brave when they don’t have any choice”

— Ellyn Bache

“Thanks for . . . what you remember. And what you don’t. It’s not nothing. It’s a lot.”

— Ellyn Bache

“There is a certain point—she has known this since her father-in-law’s long battle with heart disease—when a person begins to die in earnest. There…

— Ellyn Bache

“When you're down, remember your triumphs. [...] Sometimes you get in trouble and crash. Other times: just a bumpy landing.”

— Ellyn Bache

“When you’re down, remember your triumphs. That’s what I need to tell the girls. Sometimes you get in trouble and crash. Other times: just…

— Ellyn Bache

“Talk about anything long enough, and you cut it down to size.”

— Ellyn Bache

“You’re not really afraid you’ll hurt him. You’re afraid because you believe it was wrong even to think it. But having a thought, even…

— Ellyn Bache

“But some climbs you have to make alone.”

— Ellyn Bache

“You move forward. You face up to your challenges. You don't retreat. You're young, and sometimes you'll wish you could. But don't.”

— Ellyn Bache

“What kind of religion would celebrate its High Holidays by reading about a biblical figure as heartless as Abraham—a classic case of paranoid schizophrenia,…

— Ellyn Bache

It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life.

— Ellyn Bache

“Why was I standing on the street when the window feel out of the building? Why did the bus run over me? Because it…

— Ellyn Bache

“Max can’t help it,” Eddie says. “The teenaged brain isn’t wired for empathy. It’s designed to look forward.” “If you heard him, why didn’t…

— Ellyn Bache